131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 625 LR 2307(01)
An Act to Set Aside Funds from Federal Block Grants for Certain Communities
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Spkr. Talbot Ross of Portland
Committee: Health and Human Services
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential current biennium cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Requiring 20% of Federal Block Grant funds be set aside for the most vulnerable communities and 12% be set aside for Indian nations, tribes and bands limits the amount of funding available for the purposes for which they are currently being used. If the remaining 68% of Federal Block Grant funds are not sufficient to accomplish those purposes, or the purposes and programs are not modified to acccount for a reduction in expenditures, General Fund appropriations may be needed to supplement the federal resources.